Two Big Events
Barry Lopez at USU &
Writing in the Digital Age at True Aggie Cafe
Oct. 13, 2011
Celebrated environmental writer Barry Lopez (author of Arctic Dreams and other books) will read from his work, followed by a book sale and signing.
ECC Auditorium, Utah State University
7:00 PM
Followed immediately by a small reception at the Caine House
A program of USU’s English Speakers Series,
featuring both Lopez and author Debra Gwartney
Barry Lopez was born in 1945 in Port Chester, New York. He grew up in Southern California and New York City and attended college in the Midwest before moving to Oregon, where he has lived since 1968. He is an essayist, author, and short-story writer, and has traveled extensively in remote and populated parts of the world.
He is the author of Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award, Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist for which he received the John Burroughs and Christopher medals, and eight works of fiction, including Light Action in the Caribbean, Field Notes, and Resistance. His essays are collected in two books, Crossing Open Ground and About This Life. He contributes regularly to Granta, The Georgia Review, Orion, Outside, The Paris Review, Manoa and other publications in the United States and abroad. His work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, including Best American Essays, Best Spiritual Writing, and the “best” collections from National Geographic, Outside, The Georgia Review, The Paris Review, and other periodicals.
Oct. 27, 7:00 PM
“What is a book?”
Panel Discussion: Millennial Books--Contributors to The Provo Orem Word on Writing in the Digital Age
True Aggie Café
117 North Main St
Logan, UT
With e-readers, online journals, and the persistence of traditional media such as hard copy books there are more possibilities for publication and reading than ever before. Contributors to The Provo Orem Word’s online publication will discuss the differences in literary media to address the fundamental question, “What is a Book?”
In partnership with the Provo Orem Word and Helicon West
Lara Candland is the author of Alburnum of the green and Living Tree. She recently had poems in Unsaid and Eoagh, and a CD of the voice and sound recordings with her duo Lalage released in May. {Lalage “layers text , drones and live sampling to create lush and evocative ecotopes for the ear using only vocal sounds made by Candland during their performances.” She teaches cooking and writing at the Walden School and blogs at exoskeleton.blogspot.com. She has had many of her students get published in The Provo Orem Word’s family section and has been a major participant in both of POW!’s spring events.
George Handley teaches Humanities at Brigham Young University, specializing in literature of the Americas and environmental thought. Born in Salt Lake, raised in Connecticut, and schooled in California, he has lived in Provo since 1998 with his wife, Amy, and their four children. After publishing academic writing on comparative literature for years, he turned to nature writing as a hobby. His book, Home Waters (2010) was the result, a hybrid narrative that includes nature writing, theology, and environmental, personal, and local history. He has contributed to both of The Provo Orem Word’s nature issues and donated a reading to their 2010 fundraiser. He is also a featured author in the Utah Humanities Council’s Authors on Main Street program.
Kimberly Johnson is the author of two collections of poetry, Leviathan with a Hook (Persea 2002) and A Metaphorical God (Persea 2006), and of a translation of Virgil’s Georgics (Penguin Classics 2009). She has work recent or forthcoming in Missouri Review, Slate, and The New Yorker. She is also a featured author in the Utah Humanities Council’s Authors on Main Street program.
Stephen Tuttle joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in 2006, the same year he completed his PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah. He teaches courses in creative writing, fiction writing, and American Literature.
As a writer, he focuses on short fiction, and his stories have appeared in Crazyhorse, Black Warrior Review, and The Gettysburg Review, Indiana Review and other venues. He donated one of his stories to be printed as a letterpress broadside that’s given to POW!’s sponsors and was part of its first reading.
The only thing Chadd VanZanten loves more than writing is fishing, and the only thing he loves more than fishing is living in Cache Valley with his wife and family. A long time ago he studied journalism and political science at Utah State University; he now works for an environmental consulting firm. His short fiction has appeared in New Graffiti and in The Provo Orem Word. He spearheaded this event for Helicon West.
Other participants:
Star Coulbrooke (moderator) is responsible for Helicon West, a bi-monthly open readings/featured readers series in Logan, Utah. Her poems appear in journals such as Poetry International, Redactions: Poetry and Poetics, and Sugar House Review. Her most recent poetry collection, “Walking theBear,” published by Outlaw Artists Press, is a tribute to the Bear River. In addition to poetry, river activism, and gardening, Star directs the Utah State University Writing Center. She lives in Smithfield, with her Mitch and three labby-heelerish dogs.
Rebecca Packard (Publisher/Editor of The Provo Orem Word, panelist) has written about 400 articles in the past seven years as critic and reporter, freelancer and staff. She wrote for a variety of online and print publications in Washington and New York before starting The Provo Orem Word in 2010. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Antioch University Los Angeles.